Kuala Lumpur is on the western coast of Malaysia?

I don't think I'm being too persnickety in calling out this story for stating that Kuala Lumpur is "on the western coast of Malaysia".

True, it's close the west coast, and there's probably a continuous urbanized area between Kuala Lumpur and the coast.  However, having visited Kuala Lumpur a few times, I'm pretty sure no local would consider the city to be on the coast.  To put it into perspective, it's like a Canadian saying the town of Newmarket is on the north shore of Lake Ontario.